Building block



Sept. 4, V1923. 1,466,985

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UNITED STATES PATENT ortica.

WILLIAM Bananas, oF Danny, PENNSYLVANIA.

BUILDING BLOCK.

Application led Detober 31, 1922. Serial ITO. 598,091.

To all whom t may concern."

Be it known that I, WILLIAM BmDDEs, a citizen of the United States, residing at Darby, in the county of Delaware and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Building Blocks, of which the following is a specification.

y invention relates to wall construction and more particularly to building blocks adapted especially for facing brick walls or -ame structures.

The object of the invention is to provide novel and simple building blocks, which may be easily laid, afford means of efficiently anchoring them to each other and to a` brick wall or the studding of a frame structure, and provides horizontal and vertical deadair spaces between the facing wall and supporting wall or frame structure.

This object, and other advantageous ends which will be described hereinafter, I attain in the following manner, reference being had to the accompanying drawings in which Figure 1 is a plan view of a. building block of my invention,

Figurev 2 is a rear View of a block,

Figure 3 is a side elevation,

Figure 4 is a fragmentary side elevation showing a brick wall faced with the improved block,

Figure 5 is a plan view of the structure shown in Figure 4,

Figure 6 is a fragmentary rear elevation showing the manner of facing a frame building structure with the improved block, and

Figure 7 is a horizontal sectional view taken on the line 7 7 ef Figure 6.

In the drawings, 10 is a blockcomprising a thin rectangular body 11, preferably molded of concrete. The body is preferably longer than it is high and ends 12 have i ooves 13 extending Athroughout their lexiigths, midway between and parallel to the front and rear faces of the body. Tying projections 14 are molded on the back of the bod .at each end midway between the dy bottom edges. These projections a certain number of mortar used to bind ing to the thickness of bricks together with the them.

In Figures 4 and 5 of the drawings, the blocks are shown applied as a facing to a brick or supporting` wall. The wall is designated at 20 and has bricks 2l laid end t0 end. The blocks are laid on edge so thatv the ends abut, and grooves 13 in abutting ends 12 are disposed opposite each other to mate andform an opening in which mortar or cement is poured. as indicated at 22, to yform locking means between the ends of the blocks. The outer faces 19 of projections 16 contact and all of the abutting faces areV joined by mortar or cement as in laying masonry or bricks. Certain bricks 23 which will hereafter be called top and bottom l bricks, are laid crosswise to bricks 21 to 'underlie and ovcrlie projections 14 and are connected by a suitable binding to faces 15 and 16. l

By this arrangement. an eflicient connecting means is provided, between the brick Wall and theblocks constituting the facing, so that the blocks are firmly held in position. The arrangement also produces a hollow wall structure in which a series of vertical and horizontal deady air spaces 24 are provide'd'bet-ween the wall and the facing. The size of the air spaces is determined by the size of the "projections 14 at the ends of the blocks and the top and bottom bricks 23 which tie the blocks to the wall.

In Figures 6 and 7 of the drawings, the blocks are shown employed as a facing for studding against which the blocks 10 are laid, bound and con- 95 lnected as previously described. Horizontal timbers 26 are connected to studding 25 as indicated at 27, to bindingly engage the top andv bottom faces of projections 14 and form topand bottom parts or tying means between the blocks andA the frame building structure. When laths are applied to the studding at the inside, and plastered over, dead air spaces are provided between the blocks and the wall structure separated by the vertical timbers or studding.

ile I have described my invention as taking a particular form, it will be under'- stood that the various parts of my invention may be changed without departing from the vertically with their top and bottom faces 15 and 16 spaced from t-he top and bottom edges 17 and 18 of the body a distance substantially equal to one-half the height of` the projection, and their outer faces 19 flush with ends 12. Projections 14 are preferably made of a width corresponding to the spirit thereof, and hence I do not limit myself to the precise construction set forth, but consider that I am at liberty to make such changes and alterations as fairly come within the scope of the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention,\vhat I claim as new and desire to' secure'by Letters Patent iS:- f

l. A building block comprising a Hat body with top and bottom longer than its ends, 621th end Ahaving a groove throughout its length. and rectangular' projection on the rear face of the block with their outer faces flnsnvwith the ends of the body and their top andfbottom faces spaced from the top and bottom.

2. A buildingblock comprising a thin rectangulanibody having integral projections upon one face midway of its top and bottom edges and Hush with the ends of the body, the projections being spaced from the top and bottom edges a distance substantially equal to one-half of the height of the proj ections.

3. A Wall structure comprising a supporting wall; a facing Wall; projections on the facing Wall; a top part projecting from the l supporting Wall and anchored to the top of facing wall: a top brick projecting from the i brick wall and anchored to the top of' each projection, and a bottom brick project-ing from 'the brick Wall and anchored to the bottoni of each projection, the top brick on one projection being;V spaced from. tbe bottoni brick on the adjacent projection to form a dead air space. i

5. A wall structure comprising a brick wall: a block facing wail: projections on each' block midway between its top and bottoni edge: a top brick projecting from the brick wall and anchored to the top of each projection, and a bottom brick projecting from the brick wall and anchored to the bottoni of cach projection, the top Wall on one projection being spaced from the bottom brick of the adjacent projection to forma dead air space.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

WILLIAi/i Bmnnns.

iVitnesses:

ELIZABETH Gamm, Crus, lf). Porre. 

